How to find the latest stable version of an npm package?

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This question covers how to get the npm CLI to show the latest version of a package:

npm view [PKG_NAME] version

But if I do npm view async version I get 2.0.0-rc.6, which is a release candidate.

Is there a command that will tell me the current stable version?

Yevgeniy Afanasyev · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-21T21:35:18.210

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If you want to list only the stable versions not the beta then

npm view bootstrap@* version

to install the latest stable version

npm install bootstrap@*

edited Jan 21 '18 at 21:35

answered Jan 18 '18 at 05:19

To install the latest stable, isn't it just `npm install bootstrap`? – callum Jan 18 '18 at 10:42
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No, it will give you latest, but not stable. For example knockout it gives you "3.5.0-beta". – Yevgeniy Afanasyev Jan 18 '18 at 21:05
I run `npm view bootstrap@* version` on my shell but get a 'no matches found: bootstrap@*', what may be the problem? – Wenhan Du Feb 18 '19 at 08:23
try `npm view [PKG_NAME] version` – Yevgeniy Afanasyev Feb 18 '19 at 21:54

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